Safety attachment for watch-fobs.



Patented my. 25, I902.

c. P. KEELER. SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR WATCH F088.

(Application filed Mar. 24, 1902.;

(No Model.)

IN VENT UH THE npnms PETER! 00.. wuo'm-umqrwunmcrun. 11cv V UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLESP. KEELER, OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOJR TO MORAE AND KEELER, OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, A'FIRM.

SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR WATCH-FOBS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 714,379, dated November 25, 1902.

Application filed March 24,1902. Serial No. 99,735. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES P. KEELER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Safety Attachments for Watch-Fobs, of which the following is a specification.

showing the fob secured in the pocket.

This invention has reference to an improvement in watch-fobs and it consists in the peculiar and novel construction and the combination of the parts, more fully set forth hereinafter.

In carrying out my invention I interpose between the fob and the chain connected to I the watch a plate provided with a pointed is formed. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the preferred form of safety attachment. v

In the drawings, a indicates the fob, which may be of any desired form or construction, and b a plate, having the end I) bent over to form a stop, which may rest on the edge of the pocket c,as is shown in Fig. 2, and is connectedto the fob'by' the 1inks'b On the lower end of the plate I) is formed the upwardextending'pointed hook b which when the plate 19 is pushed down into the pocket engages with the lining of the pocket to securely-hold the plate against accidental or unauthorized removal. By this construction the plate I) may, however, be readily removed by pushing the same downward to disengage the hook and swinging the hooked end of the plate inward from the lining of the pocket.

The plate I) is provided with the parallel and elongated slots 6 The chain 0? is usually provided with the swivel d, by which it may be connected with the watch.. The opposite end of the chain is secured by the end link to the bar between the slots b 72 so that the chain may slide on the bar.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination with the plate b having the bent-over end b, the pointed hook 12 and the slots 19 12 of the fob a, the links b connecting the fob and plate, and the chain cl having one end thereof engaging with the bar between said slots b b as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHAS. P. KEELER. 

